B a t h e D r a w n F o r g i v e n S a t e

sheen curve
the beat beast
stirs
the arched spine
rumbling in its
slick movement
vertabrate velocity
beneath moon stroked
suffusion

an almond crest brow
and smudged lash
stirring

sweep fan vernacular
knock down the night
flushing tendril fires
from the russet dreams
the pale ear
and knuckles eased
through slated night
restless in a tropics
seas